Yang Shida
Yang Shida (January 13, 1903 – April 20, 1963) was the leader of the anti-imperialist movement in Shanghai Catholic circles in the 1950s—First Vice Chairman of the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association and Vice President of Shanghai Second Medical College.
life
Yang Shida was born in Dabu County, Guangdong Province. During the May Fourth Movement in 1919, he was expelled from Shanghai Chinese Law School for organizing a student movement[1]. After graduating from Aurora University Medical School in 1926, he studied in France and received a doctorate in medicine from the University of Paris[2]. After returning to China in 1928, he served as the medical director of Hangzhou Renai Hospital and the president of Hangzhou Municipal Hospital. In 1938, he returned to Shanghai and served as a professor at the School of Medicine of Aurora University[3]
In January 1951, the new government took over Aurora University, and Yang Shida succeeded the Jesuit priest as provost and dean of the medical school. After the 1952 reorganisation of Chinese higher education, he served as vice president of the newly established Shanghai Second Medical College.
On June 14, 1951, the East China Military and Political Commission held a symposium at Aurora University. Yang Shida expressed his request for the government to arrest and expel the Holy See's minister in Nanjing, Antonio Riberi [4], but the church excommunicated him. On September 16 of the same year, the Shanghai Catholic Branch to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea was established, with Yang Shida as deputy director.
In 1956, when he attended the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, he initiated the establishment of the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association. In 1957, when the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association was established, Yang Shida served as the first vice-president as a layman, ranking before bishops and priests.
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